Watching the 2008 presidential campaign, you sometimes get the feeling that the candidates — smart, all of them — must know better. They must know we can’t fix our economy and create jobs by isolating America from global trade.... continue
"I have a dream" will forever be linked with the man whose life we celebrated this month. But let's not forget that Martin Luther King Jr. also said, "An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity." New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has risen to King's challenge by investing in those less fortunate.... continue
Politicians have mostly skirted poverty as a political issue since President Lyndon Johnson declared war on it more than four decades ago. Even the federal government’s method of measuring poverty is a relic from the 1960s... continue
Three heavyweights in the nation's public health debate — cyclist Lance Armstrong, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and former U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona — joined forces Friday to continue pushing cancer into the national political arena.... continue
In 2007, Mayor Bloomberg gave away $205 million to charity and boosted his position on the Chronicle of Philanthropy's annual ranking of American donors.... continue
The Bloomberg administration, frustrated by the federal government’s Great Society method of determining who is poor, is developing its own measure, which city officials say will offer a more modern and accurate picture of poverty.... continue
All New Yorkers will live within 10 minutes of a park: * Added 300 acres of new parks and wants to create 2,000 more * Planting 1 million trees around city by 2017 * Creating 800 more green triangles at street inter-sections... continue
The US economy has turned downward. People are feeling insecure. There are grave concerns about jobs moving overseas and about losing ground to Asian countries. Heavy pressures are mounting on the presidential candidates in both parties to pander to protectionist and even isolationist sentiments.... continue
